Ellisblackburn.co Website Review

Welcome. You found your way to the second web home of editor and coach Ellis Blackburn. Learn more about the following: Maybe you’ve spent the past six months working on your first or next masterpiece. You’re proud of your accomplishment, and at the same time, you’re apprehensive of how your man*script will be received by readers. This self-doubt has nothing to do with how good your writing actually is; it’s a natural feeling all of us writers experience (imposter syndrome). But still, before commencing with the copyediting and proofreading phases of the project, is the ideal time to seek the expertise of a developmental editor. Her role is to act as your target reader, to help you chip away at the doubts, to make your writing the best it can Borrowing a word-pairing from a friend, I “sometimes always” love to read. I have always loved it, but, obviously, as I did not learn to read until I was five or so, it’s not wholly truthful. Secondly, there are different kinds of reading. Information is thrust upon us from every direction, from every media outlet—in school, at work, by society, etc., and thus, sometimes, I enjoy it not so much. When it is by conscious choice, it is fiction all the way; I hunger for it. But I’m a forager of knowledge too, which I tend to seek out As an author, indispensable to my own writing process are my alpha and beta readers. Because I appreciate how much better a vetted story is, I offer man*script evaluations or leveled-up beta reading to my fellow writers too. So, let your family and friends be your alphas and blow smoke up your superhero cape for your monumental accomplishment, then get the gist of what a super beta reader can do for you I was a web developer for over ten years, working on small brochure-like websites for individuals as well as enormous, complicated ones for corporations. For another decade before that, I was a graphic designer. I designed both print and digital graphics, including website layout and design, corporate identity, logos and icons, marketing materials, etc.